Ngaahi Tefitoʻi Moʻoni ʻo e Faiako ʻAʻahí
Lotua e Fineʻofa Takitaha ʻaki Honau Hingoá
ʻE tupulaki ʻetau ʻofa mo e ueʻi fakalaumālie kiate kinautolu ʻoku tau faiako ʻaʻahi ki aí ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau lotu ai maʻá e fineʻofa takitaha ʻaki honau hingoá ʻi he loto-fakatōkilalo.
Naʻe talamai ʻe ha fineʻofa ʻe taha lolotonga ha vahaʻataimi faingataʻa ʻi heʻene moʻuí, naʻá ne faʻa maʻu ha tā telefoni pe ko ha pōpoaki ʻi he telefoní mei heʻene ongo faiako ʻaʻahí ʻi hono “ngaahi ʻaho faingataʻa tahá” Hangē ne na ʻilo pē ʻe kinaua e taimi naʻá ne fie maʻu tokoni aí. Naʻá ne ʻilo naʻá na lotua ia lolotonga ʻena ʻaʻahí pea ʻiate kinaua pē foki.
ʻOku vahevahe ʻe he folofolá ha ngaahi sīpinga lahi ʻo e kakai tangata mo e kau fafine ne nau lotu maʻá e niʻihi kehé ʻaki honau hingoá. Naʻe kau e tamai ʻa ʻAlamā ko e Siʻí ʻi ha kakai naʻe makehe ʻaupito. Naʻe fakahā ʻe ha ʻāngelo kia ʻAlamā ko e Siʻi, ʻo tala ange “kuo lotu [hoʻo tamaí] ʻi he tui lahi koeʻuhí ko koe … ; ko ia, ko hono ʻuhinga ʻeni kuó u haʻu ai ke fakamahino kiate koe ʻa e māfimafi mo e mafai ʻo e ʻOtuá, koeʻuhí ke lava ʻo tali ʻa e ngaahi lotu ʻa ʻene kau tamaioʻeikí ʻo fakatatau mo ʻenau tuí” (Mosaia 27:14).
ʻOku fakaava hotau ngaahi lotó ʻi heʻetau felotuʻakí ke tau maʻu e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku finangalo ʻa e ʻEikí ke foaki maʻatautolú. “ʻOku ʻikai ko e taumuʻa ʻo e lotú ke liliu ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ka ke maʻu mai maʻatautolu mo ha niʻihi kehe foki ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki kuo ʻosi finangalo pē ʻa e ʻOtuá ke foaki maí, ka kuo pau pē ke tau kole pea tau toki maʻu ia.”1
Naʻe pehē ʻe Suli B. Peki, ko e Palesiteni Lahi mālōlō ʻo e Fineʻofá, “Fakakaukau ki he mālohi te tau maʻu fakalūkufua kapau ʻe lotu fakamātoato e fineʻofa kotoa ʻi he pongipongi mo e efiafi kotoa pē pe, lotu maʻu pē ʻo hangē ko ia kuo fekau ʻe he ʻEikí.”2 ʻOku fakamālohia kitautolu fakataautaha mo ʻetau hoko ko e kakai fefine ʻo e Kāingalotu ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui ní ʻi heʻetau lotua ʻa kinautolu ʻoku tau faiako ʻaʻahi ki aí.
Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Henelī B. ʻAealingi, Tokoni ʻUluaki ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí: “Te ke lotua ai e founga ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e lotó. … ʻE fie maʻu ke ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá ke ke fai ke tokoniʻi kinautolú pea fakahoko kotoa ia fakatatau mo e meʻa te ke lavá, ʻo ongoʻi e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kinautolú.”3